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Gaarder, Jostein
Born: 1952 AD
Currently alive, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
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Currently alive, at 56 years of age.
Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None
Norwegian author and philosophy educator
wrote novel "Sophie's World" 1991 (also "Sofies verden")
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Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy (FSG Classics) by Jostein Gaarder (Paperback - Mar 20, 2007) Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl,...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Orange Girl by Jostein Gaarder (Paperback - Jul 1, 2005) At fifteen, Georg comes upon a letter written to him by his dying father, to be read when he comes of age. Their two voices make a fascinating dialogue as Georg comes to know the father he can barely...  |
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The Solitaire Mystery: a novel about family and destiny by Jostein Gaarder (Paperback - Nov 1, 1997) Jostein Gaarder had an unlikely international success withSophie's World, a novelized exploration of western philosophy through the eyes of a young girl. This is an earlier work, translated from the... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder (Paperback - Sep 1, 2003) Panina Manina, a trapeze artist, falls and breaks her neck. As the ringmaster bends over her, he sees around her neck an amber charm—just like the one he gave his own child before she was swept...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Hello? Is Anybody There? by Jostein Gaarder (Hardcover - Sep 23, 1998) "Eight-year-old Joe is waiting alone at home for the birth of his sibling when he sees something fall from the sky. It's Mika, from the planet Eljo, hanging by the seat of his pants in Joe's apple... |
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Maya by Jostein Gaarder (Paperback - Jul 1, 2001) Thrown together for three days on the paradise island of Taveuni, a lonely Norwegian biologist, a bereaved English novelist, and a strange and beautiful Spanish couple so much in love they seem to... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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